One-day races and Classics Russell Downing (born 23 August 1978) is an English former professional cyclist, who rode competitively between 1999 and 2019 for numerous teams, such as Team Sky and JLT–Condor.

Downing was born into a bike racing family: as well as his older brother, his father was also a bicycle racer.

In November 2011 it was announced that his contract was not being renewed for a third year and he would join the British Continental Team Endura Racing.

[5] Following the merger of Endura with Team NetApp Downing joined the NetApp–Endura squad for 2013.

[6] In September 2013 it was announced that Russell and Dean Downing would join the new NFTO team for 2014.